van Meerwijk Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
van Meerwijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 148 | 1:114,103 | 18,152 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
van Meerwijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meerwijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meerwijk is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Meerwijk.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meerwijk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,422,956th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Meerwijk live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 114,103. In The Netherlands van Meerwijk is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 32 percent are found, North Holland, where 23 percent are found and South Holland, where 22 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Merwijk | 96 | 248 | / |
| van Meerwijck | 96 | 28 | / |
| van Merwjk | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Marwijk | 87 | 467 | / |
| van Morwijk | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Marweijk | 83 | 7 | / |
| van Marwijck | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Merwyk | 82 | 39 | / |
| van Marwik | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Marwick | 78 | 51 | / |
| van Merwyck | 78 | 7 | / |
| van Meerbek | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Meerbeek | 75 | 457 | / |
| van Meerbeck | 75 | 59 | / |
| van Marwyk | 73 | 49 | / |
| van Meerbeeck | 72 | 704 | / |
| van Meerbecck | 72 | 1 | / |
| van Marwyck | 70 | 15 | / |
| van Merbeck | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Merrbeck | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Merbeeck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Meerbeeck | 64 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Meerwijk
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